deciphering

Verb

decipher (third-person singular simple present deciphers, present participle deciphering, simple past and past participle deciphered)

1. (transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

   Synonyms:

   decode, decrypt, uncode

   Antonyms:

   encipher, encode, encrypt

2. (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
3. (transitive) To make sense of a complex situation.
   • Truly, we need human infirmity to teach us human nature, and that to Louis had been as a sealed book; he had only seen the coloured and gilded outside: too late he had to decipher the rough and gloomy page within.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 13
4. (transitive) To find a solution to a problem.

   Synonyms:

   resolve, unriddle, work out, absolve, get to the bottom of, iron out, meliorate, puzzle out, ravel, reason out

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